Custom 24 "Floyd"
Designed For Destruction
The Custom 24 "Floyd" is equipped with the time-tested Floyd Rose "Original" tremolo system and PRS's \ m / (metal) pickups. The Floyd Rose "Original" tremolo and locking nut tuning system is a double-locking design precision-made from high quality steel. This design combination allows players to lock the string at the nut and at the bridge to keep the guitar in tune even during the heaviest dive-bombing sessions.
The Custom 24 is the quintessential PRS guitar. This iconic instrument was the first model that Paul Reed Smith brought to the public at PRS Guitars’ first Winter NAMM show in 1985 and has been a top seller ever since.
For 2024, PRS Guitars is updating the tuning machines on many of our Core guitars. While, aesthetically, our new Wing buttons are designed to echo the 12th fret bird wingspan design, they were first and foremost designed for tonal reasons all the way back in 1982. Because these buttons are lighter weight than their metal predecessors, they are subtracting less energy from the vibrating strings, thus helping the guitar ring longer and at a more musical note.
Featured Specifications
Floyd Rose Tremolo
Precision-made tremolo designed to keep the guitar in tune through even the heaviest dive-bombing sessions.
PRS Phase III Non-Locking Tuners with Wing Buttons
With vintage elegance, these lightweight tuners promote tone transfer for a louder, more resonant instrument.
PRS \m/ (Metal) Pickups
Designed with heavier styles in mind, PRS metal pickups bring aggressive and articulate tone.
Specifications
| Body | |
| Body Construction | Solidbody |
| Top Wood | Maple |
| Back Wood | Mahogany |
| Top Carve | Violin |
| Neck | |
| Number of Frets | 24 |
| Scale Length | 25" |
| Neck Wood | Maple |
| Neck Construction | One-Piece |
| Truss Rod | PRS Double-Acting |
| Neck Shape | Pattern Thin |
| Neck Depth at the 1/2 Fret | 53/64" |
| Neck Depth at the 12 1/2 Fret | 57/64" |
| Neck Width at the Nut | 1 11/16" |
| Neck Width at the Body | 2 1/4" |
| Fretboard Wood | Ebony |
| Fretboard Radius | 10" |
| Fretboard Inlay | Birds |
| Headstock Logo | Signature, Inlaid |
| Neck/Body Assembly | |
| Neck/Body Assembly Type | Set |
| Finish | |
| Finish Type | High-Gloss Nitro |
| Hardware | |
| Bridge | Original Floyd Rose Tremolo |
| Tuners | PRS Phase III Non-Locking Tuners with Wing Buttons |
| Hardware Type | Nickel |
| Nut | PR-11 Locking |
| Truss Rod Cover | "Custom" |
| Electronics | |
| Treble Pickup | \ m / |
| Bass Pickup | \ m / |
| Controls | Volume and Tone Control with 5-Way Blade Pickup Switch |
| Additional Info | |
| Strings | PRS Signature 10-46 |
| Tuning | Standard (6 String): E, A, D, G, B, E |
| Case | Hardshell Case |
| Options | 10 Top with Hybrid Hardware |
Controls
Custom 24 "Floyd" - Controls Description
5-way blade pickup switch
Position 1 (down) - treble humbucker
Position 2 - treble humbucker with bass single coil
Position 3 - treble and bass humbuckers
Position 4 - bass single coil with treble single coil
Position 5 (up) - bass humbucker
Colors
Antique White Top (Opaque Top with Natural Back)
Black Top (Opaque Top with Natural Back)
Black Gold Wraparound Burst
Carroll Blue
Charcoal
Charcoal Burst
Cobalt Smokeburst
Dark Cherry Burst
Faded Whale Blue
Fire Smokeburst
Gray Black
Purple Mist
Yellow Tiger
Accolades
"This is an impressively versatile instrument that can handle the roles of three or four different models and in most cases outperform them.”
